coach-and-four

American  

[kohch-uhn-fawr, -fohr] / ˌkoʊtʃ ənˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr /

noun

1. a coach together with the four horses by which it is drawn.

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Etymology

Origin of coach-and-four

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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coach-and-four

It is a social engineering outfit masquerading as a tech firm, and it appears to regard social responsibility as an outdated piece of apparatus, a wooden coach-and-four in an age of tarmac.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2017

For $150, travelers can take a three-day tour in a 17-seater coach-and-four; the package includes meals and rooms at medieval inns along the way.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We need a coach-and-four," groaned a U.S. player.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes he hitches up a coach-and-four from his $1,000,000 collection of antique carriages, and rides over his acres, occasionally stopping to toot a brass-throated hunting horn to startle the deer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lord Eldon used to say, that 'no man in England could construct an act of Parliament through which he could not drive a coach-and-four.'

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott